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- 1644
- Matsuo Basho born at or near Ueno in Iga Province.
- 1656
- His father's death. Probably by this time Basho had entered the
service of Todo Yoshitada, a young relative of the feudal lord
ruling the area.
- 1662
- Wrote his earliest verse extant today.
- 1644
- Matsuo Basho born at or near Ueno in Iga Province.
- 1666
- Yoshitada's death. Basho resigned and entered a long period of
unsettled life. He may have gone to live in Kyoto for a time.
- 1672
- Dedicated The Seashell Game to the shrine in Ueno. Later
moved to Edo in search of a new career.
- 1676
- Wrote a pair of hundred-verse renku with another poet in Edo.
Paid a brief visit to Ueno in the summer.
- 1678
- Wrote critical commentaries for Haiku Contests in Eighteen
Rounds.
- 1680
- Best Poems of Tosei's Twenty Disciples published. Judged "The
Rustic Haiku Contest" and "The Evergreen Haiku Contest."
Settled in the initial Basho Hut.
- 1682
- The Basho Hut destroyed by fire. He took refuge in Kai Province
for a few months.
- 1683
- Shriveled Chestnuts compiled. His mother died in Ueno. New
Basho Hut built.
- 1684-85
- Went on a journey that resulted in The Records of a Weather-
Exposed Skeleton. In Nagoya he led a team of poets to produce
The Winter Sun.
- 1686
- Wrote what is now known as Critical Notes on New Year's
Renku.
- 1687
- Traveled to Kashima and wrote A Visit to Kashima Shrine.
Judged one of the haiku contests published in The Extending
Plain.
- 1687
- Undertook a journey which produced The Records of a Travel-
Worn Satchel and A Visit to Sarashina Village.
- 1688
- Returned to Edo in the autumn of 1688.
- 1689
- Journeyed in northern provinces of Honshu. The journey
provided material for The Narrow Road to the Deep North,
which he completed some time later.
- 1690
- Visited friends and disciples in the Kyoto area. Stayed at the
unreal Hut near Lake Biwa for several months during the
summer.
- 1691
- Stayed at the House of Fallen Persimmons for a couple of weeks
in the summer and wrote The Saga Diary. The Monkey's Cloak
published. Returned to Edo toward the end of the year.
- 1692
- The third Basho Hut built. Wrote a haibun about the
transplanting of banana trees.
- 1693
- Wrote what is known as Autumn Night Critical Commentaries.
Closed his gate and declined to see visitors for a time.
- 1694
- A Sack of Charcoal published. Set out for another long journey
in the summer. Fell ill and died in Osaka in early autumn.
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